Remembering Mac Wiseman

July 26, 2019 Dave

Mac Wiseman spoke with a roots music magazine in 2006, reflecting on his career in music. “Not to sound too critical, but the ‘bluegrass’ classification was the worst damned thing ever happened to me,” he observed. “Up until then I was getting as much airplay as Marty Robbins or Ray Price.” But it was his voice, those golden pipes, that will be remembered sweetly. In 1946 he moved to Knoxville and found a gig playing with country singer Molly O’Day on radio and in the studio recording that would catapult him into a career in bluegrass; first with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and then, Bill Monroe. We take some time to look at all sides of Mac’s music, from bluegrass to country and rock to pop. A truly American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
3	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	The Tramp On The Street	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	Poor Ellen Smith	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
5	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Travelin' This Lonesome Road	All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
6	Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys	Crazy Blues	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
7	Mac Wiseman	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
8	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	1953-X6-XX Grand Old Opry
9	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
10	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	Baby Blue Eyes	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
11	Flatt & Scruggs	My Cabin In Caroline	Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1952 [Bear Fam. [Disc 1]]
12	Mac Wiseman	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
13	Mac Wiseman	Fireball Mail	London American Label Year By Year 1956
14	Mac Wiseman	I Like This Kind Of Music	Teenage Hangout
15	Mac Wiseman	Teenage Hangout	Teenage Hangout
16	Mac Wiseman	One Mint Julep	Teenage Hangout
17	Shawn Camp	Going Back To Bristol	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
18	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	New Moon Over My Shoulder	Mac Doc Del
19	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Mac Doc Del
20	David Grisman w/Mac Wiseman	You're The Girl Of My Dreams	Life Of Sorrow
21	Mac Wiseman	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes	Old Likker In A New Jug
22	John Prine with Peter Cooper	I Sang The Song	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Blue Eyed Elaine	Standard Songs for Average People
24	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
25	The Osborne Brothers with Mac Wiseman	I've Always Wanted To Sing In Renfro Valley	The Essential Osborne Brothers Collection
26	Mac Wiseman	The Wreck of the Number Nine	Songs From My Mother's Hand
27	Mac Wiseman And The Osborne Brothers	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home	Mountain Music Collection, Vol. 4: "Farm & Home Hour "
28	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
29	Sierra Hull with Justin Moses	The Guitar	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
30	Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
31	Bill Monroe	Can't You Hear Me Callin'?	1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
32	Mac Wiseman	I'm Moving On	Teenage Hangout

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Too Darn Hot

July 21, 2019 Dave

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
3	Iris DeMent	Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart	Infamous Angel
4	Old South Quartette	When De Corn Pone's Hot	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
5	Al Dexter	Hot Foot Shuffle	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
6	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers	Hot Fingers
7	Asleep at the Wheel	Hot Like That	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Jimmy Simmons	Too Hot To Handle	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
9	Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets	Hot Tamale Pete	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
10	Johnny Carroll	Hot Rock	Classic Rockabilly
11	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
12	Lee Press-On & the Nails	Hot for Teacher	Lee Press-On & the Nails
13	Stephane Grappelli	Hot Lips	Stephane Grappelli
14	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Dom Flemons	Hot Chicken	Prospect Hill
17	Austin Lounge Lizards	Hot Tubs of Tears	Creatures from the Black Saloon
18	Major Lance	Too Hot To Hold	The Very Best Of Major Lance
19	James Brown	Hot Pants	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
20	The Steve Miller Band	Hot Chili	Number 5
21	Tommy Douglas	Hot Sauce	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
22	Jay McShann	Hot Biscuits	R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1
23	Stompy Jones	Hot Sause Boss	That's Alright
24	Jimmie Lunceford	Le Jazz Hot	Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only
25	Fats Waller	Red Hot Dan	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3]
26	Jimmy Durante	Hot Patatta	The Great Schnozzle
27	Victoria Spivey	I'm A Red Hot Mama	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
28	Memphis Minnie	Hot Stuff – Take 2	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29	Julie London	Hot Toddy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
30	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Hot Barbecue	George Benson & Jack McDuff
31	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
32	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]

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Fat Daddy

July 19, 2019 Dave

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dinah Washington	Fat Daddy	Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3
3	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	Katanga!	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
4	Classie Ballou	Classie's Whip	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
5	Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers	Police	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
6	Kip Tyler	Shadow Street	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
7	Jimmy Rushing	Where Were You	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
8	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
9	Fats Waller	Believe It Beloved	Honeysuckle Rose
10	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11	Big Joe Turner	Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues)	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1]
12	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
13	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues
14	Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
15	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
16	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
17	The Browns	You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree	Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529)
18	Ersel Hickey	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	George Strait	All My Ex's Live In Texas	50 Number Ones [Disc 1]
20	George Jones	Just One More	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Ned Miller	From A Jack To A King	Classic Country
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
23	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
24	Arthur Alexander	Cry Like A Baby	The Monument Years
25	Wilson Pickett	I Found A True Love	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2]
26	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Rock & Roll Never Forgets	Night Moves
27	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
28	Lil Palmore	Lil's Caldonia Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Van Morrison	Caledonia Swing	Keep Me Singing [LP]
30	The Five Stars	Where Did Caldonia Go	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
31	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
32	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Swingin' by Request
33	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
34	Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
35	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival

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Hot Piano Rhythms

July 13, 2019 Dave

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Cherokee Boogie	Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's
4	Merrill Moore	Snatchin' And Grabbin	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
5	Ray Charles	Jumpin' in the Mornin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
6	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
7	Madonna Martin	Madonna's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
8	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
9	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
10	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
11	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
12	Dr. John	Mess Around	Definitive Pop Collection
13	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
14	Albert Ammons	Bass Goin' Crazy	Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1
15	Marylin Scott	Beer Bottle Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
16	Jack Mc Vea	Bartender Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 6]
17	Lucky Millinder	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
18	Memphis Slim	Dedication to Pete Johnson	Classic Piano Blues
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Peter Johnson's Orchestra	Half Tight Boogie	The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie
21	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
24	Bobbie Nelson	Boogie Woogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
25	Cliff Jackson	Crazy Rhythm	World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano
26	Piano Red	Do She Love Me	Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68)
27	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
28	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
29	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Rocks
30	Hadda Brooks	Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
31	The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons	Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
33	Amos Milburn	Down the Road Apiece	Amos Milburn Rocks
34	Adrian Rollini Trio	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

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Red River Valley

July 7, 2019 Dave 1 Comment

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
3	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
4	John Hartford	Lorena	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
5	Clint Eastwood	Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
6	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
7	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
8	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
9	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Jimmie Driftwood	When I Swim the Golden River	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
12	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
14	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
15	Bob Wills	Sugar Moon	1946 (Warped 4677)
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Along The Navajo Trail	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
17	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
18	Merle Kilgore	Nevada Smith	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1
20	Tex Ritter	High Noon	Famous Country Music Makers
21	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra	The Magnificent Seven	Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein
23	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
24	Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever	Ashokan Farewell	Songs Of The Civil War
25	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
26	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Asleep at the Wheel	South of the Border (with George Strait)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
29	Asleep at the Wheel	San Antonio Rose	Western Standard Time
30	Ennio Morricone	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation
31	Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough	Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter	The Civil War

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Dave Bartholomew Tribute

July 5, 2019 Dave

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
3	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
4	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	This Is Gold Disc 3
5	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
6	Elvis Presley	One Night	Artist of the Century Disc 1
7	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
8	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
9	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
10	Chuck Willis	Going To The River	Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56
11	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
12	Professor Longhair	Whole Lotta Loving	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
13	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
14	Snooks Eaglin	Yours Truly	Complete Imperial Recordings
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
16	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
17	Dave Bartholomew	My Ding a Ling	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
18	Chuck Berry	My Ding-A-Ling	Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974
19	Neil Young	Walking To New Orleans	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
20	Doug Sahm	My Girl Josephine [Live]	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm
21	Smiley Lewis	Blue Monday	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
22	Snooks Eaglin	By the Water	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
24	Fats Domino	Tell Me That You Love Me	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
25	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Let The Four Winds Blow	Rock 'n' Roll City
26	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin'	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
28	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4]
29	Jools Holland	Be My Guest	Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska
30	Robbie Robertson With Galactic	Going To The River	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
31	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
32	Fats Domino	Walking to New Orleans	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
33	Fats Domino	I Want to Walk You Home	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
34	Smiley Lewis	How Long	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25

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